Improvement in fence



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m, @9. i @wat @than IMPRQ'VEMENT IN FENCE. www- The Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS T. BARNES, of Seneca, in thegouuty ofOntario, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Mode ofConstructing` a Fence, with new and improved posts; and I do hereby andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of two panels of fence, supportedby my improved posts. Y

Figure 2 is a side view of said post.

In the construction of fences in rural districts, the firstconsideration is the character of material accesthe second is thesimplest mode of framing or putting it together, so as to avoid thenecessity of employing expensive labor. To accomplish this, and utilizeany material at hand, is the object of my invention, which consists of anovel method. of sustaining and framing the support of a fence, wherebyit may be constructed by au ordinary ield-hand,'and any character andquality ofmaterial that may be accessible cau be used for such purpose.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe itby'referring to the drawings, in which- E represents the groundsill ofthe supporting-portion of the fence, which may be in the shape of a log,

slab, plank, or board, whichever may be most accessible, and of suitablelength to sustain` the fence against the force of the wind or animalpressure tending to overturn it. In this sill I bore two holes near thecentre, and of su'icient distance apart to admit the substance of thepanel or rails to be supported between i the posts F, inserted therein,and'near each end of this slab I bore a similar hole for the insertionof the braces G. at such an angle as that the top of said braces shallextend nearly to the top ofthe posts F. The upper ends ofthe braces Gmay be bevelled to t against the posts', or they maybe notched-intothem, and are then secured together by a wire binding, H C, crossed andtwiued between the two uprights, so as to hold them about parallel, and,at the same time, to bind the posts and their braces all firmly togetherat their upper ends.

In case of a panel fence being formed of boards, made up as representedin the drawing, the wire H serves to suspend such panel by its upperrailA being arranged above it, and, ifuecessary, another wire may belaced around the post in similar manner, below the bottom, on each ofthe other rails, or separate boards or rails may be used, built up, asit were, between the said posts and those of two adjacentpanels,-alternating one above the other, the uppermost only resting onthe'bindingwire H C.

It will thus be seen that a very simple, serviceable, andl at the sametime, permanent or portable fence, may be constructed out of suchmaterial as is accessible, and may be made by any ordinary field-hand.

Having thus described my invention,

,"What I claim as new, and desire to secure b'y Letters Patent, is-

Jlhe combination of the sill E', posts F, and brace G,

all arranged in holes in the sill, and secured together at the top bythe binding-wire H (l, substantiallyas.

and for the purpose set forth.

A. T. BARNES. Witnesses:

C. E. COLEMAN, G. W. GorFIN.

